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GHEGKRBIN LOOP.

yPaented June 18, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. BAKER, JR., OF BUFFALO, NE'W YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HARVEY D. BLAKESLEE, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECKRElN-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,258, dated J' une 18, 1895. Application inea February 1,1895. serrano. 536,941. (No man.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. BAKER, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Checkrein-Loops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to checkrein loops which are provided with means for retaining ro the same in engagement with the check hook, so as to prevent their. detachment by the throw or movement of the animals head.

My invention has the object to simplify the construction of the loop and to organize the samein such a manner that it presents leather contact surfaces both on the inner and outer sides of the check hook, thus edectually preventing marring or scratching of the hook,

which is especially' objectionable in highly zo finished hooks.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of my improved checkreinloop applied to a check-hook Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on an enlarged scale.V

z5 Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the loop. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross-sections in lines 5 5 and 6 6, Fig. 4, respectively.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts 3o in the several figures.

Ais a check hook of any ordinaryconstruction.

B is the body of my improved checkrein loop which preferably consists of a leather strap doubled into U-form and having its end portions connected by a cross bar or head C to which they are secured by laterally projecting studs or screws c which pass through the end portions of the leather 'loop and engage 4o in screw threaded openings formed in the ends of the cross bar, as shown in Figs. 4t and 5.

The bight of the leather loop engages over the check hook and bears against the inner face thereof.

D is a yielding keeper or pressure bar arranged transversely between the side mehr bers of the loop and capable of moving toward and from the bight of the loop. This keeper is provided at its ends with loops cl which em- 5o brace the side members of the checkrein loop and whereby the keeper is guided.

e is a longitudinal stem secured at its front end to the middle of the keeper and extending rearwardly through an openingr e formed centrall yin the cross bar C.

fis a spiral spring surrounding the stem e and bearing at one end against the keeper and at its opposite end against the cross bar C. This spring tends to press the keeper toward the bight of the loop.

G is the checkrein which is looped or doubled around the front side of the keeper and which is provided with the usual buckle H and a leather vslide loop h arranged adjacent to the buckle. The doubled portions of the .checkrein pass forwardly from the keeper' through retaining loops t' formed on opposite sides of the cross bar C, whereby said doubled portions are held against the checkrein loop at this point. Heretoforethe checkrein has usually been provided with two leather slide loops h, one next to the buckle and the other next to the ring or loop at the end of the checkrein. By my improved construction, one of such leather loops is dispensed with and replaced by the loopsz' formed integrally with the cross bar Cythus simplifying the construction of the parts and saving the cost of one slide loop. This construction is also more desirable than the loose slide loop, as the latterusually moves out of place, which cannot occur with the loops z', because they are formed on a rigid'pa-rt of the checkrein loop.

Vhen the checkrein loop is applied to a check hook, the compressed spring f causes the keeper Dto press the adjacent looped portion ofthe checkrein against the outer face of the check hook, thereby drawing the bight of the checkrein loop against the inner face of the hook and retaining the loop upon the hook with sufficient security to prevent its disengagement by the motion of the horses head, but permitting the loop to be stripped from the hook and applied thereto with little eort, The loop thus has no metallic contactv with the check hook, but presents -a leather bearing surface to both sides of the same, whereby all liability of marring or defacing the hook by the loop isV obviated.

As the eheckrein embraces the keeper, the spring of the latter is compressed by a pull IOD on the checkrein and the spring thus forms a cushion which eases the pressure on the animals mouth When the checkrein is taut.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination with a checkrein loop composed of a doubled or U-shaped strap, of a. cross bar connecting the end portions of said strap and provided on opposite sides thereof With retaining,r loops through which the checkrein passes, and between the members of the checkrein loop with a guide opening, a keeper guided on the side members of the checkrein loop, toward and from the bight of the latter, and provided with a stem guided in the openingof said cross bar, and a spring surrounding said stem and bearing at its rear end against said cross bar and at its front end against the keeper,substantially as set forth.

2.` In aoheckrein loop, the combination with the body of the loop composed of a doubled or U-sl1aped strap, of a cross bar connecting the end portions of said strap and. provided with laterally proj ectin g studs or screws which pass through said end portions, and a yielding keeper movable toward and from the bight of said loop and guided on the latter, substantially as set forth.

3. In a checkrein loop, the combination with` the leather body of the loop adapted to bear i with its night against the inner face of a. check hook, of a yielding keeper or pressure bar guided on said loop-body, toward and from the bight of the loop, and a checkrein looped or doubled around said keeper or pressure bar and adapted to bear, against the outer face of the check hook, whereby the checkrein loop presents leather bearingsurfaces to both sides of the check hook, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 26th day of December, 189i. f

HENRY H. BAKER, JR. YVitnesses:

CARL F. GEYER, THEO. L. PoPP. 

